Energy Coast UTC

When there are more applications than places for 2025-26 (Year 10), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Applicants who are — Applicants who are, or who have previously been, in public care, including those children who appear to have been adopted from state care outside England.
2. 2Previously looked after children are children who were looked after — Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to child arrangements order or special guardianship order.
3. 3Applicants whose siblings already attend the UTC and continue to do so on the date of admission — Applicants whose siblings already attend the UTC and continue to do so on the date of admission. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house and within the College’s catchment area, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters.
4. 4Applicants whose parents/carers have been employed directly by the UTC for two or more years — Applicants whose parents/carers have been employed directly by the UTC for two or more years, or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. This is an incentive measure to ensure the recruitment and retention of high-quality staff.
5. 5Applicants residing — Applicants residing (using the home address registered with their Doctor) in the eleven community town areas defined by Cumberland LSP using each of the community town areas of the catchment area, which are all within Cumberland County Council area, (see Appendix A West Cumberland Community Towns) in the percentages set out below. Places will be filled through independently verified random selection of all applicants residing in each community town area: Policy Reviewed: January 2025 Policy Approved: January 2025 Next Review: January 2026 NB: Random allocation means that the UTC will not select Year 10 students on the basis of their ability. Community Town U16’s in Locality as a % Maximum Number of Cumberland U16’s of source ONS 2007 Places in relation to Year 10 steady

"Energy Coast UTC admissions policy 2025 to 2026", the policy Cumberland Council links from this school's own page in the council school directory (DfE number 4002).

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.